San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-07-28
PERSONAL.

i PERSONAL.
Miss May Joyce will assist Prof. Stanfiel'
In his school at Floresville during the mex
session.
Mr.. E. A. Lindsey, Of Coleman, Is her
10 see his sick brother. The latter 10 bet
ter. but very weak.
Mr.. e. O. Price has gone into partnershiI
with Mr.. l.. N. Hopkins In the City Trans
fer. See their card.
Elder Driskill win preach at the Christ
ian church ON Sunday next at IL q, m, AND
will illustrate his sermon by diagrams. AL
are invited.
Mrs. Roszelle will during her stay In Sar
Marcos give an entertainment Of high char
acter. consisting of dramatic, heroic and
humorous readings.
Mrs. Allie d. Roszelle. principal Of the
Dallas school Of elocution and dramatic art,
will read tonight at tho prohibition meet
ing at the court house.
L. H. Browne and family removed the
first of the week to their new home on the
breezy mountain-side. We congratulate
them on the agreeable change.
We have seen testimonials of the skill and
attainments of Mrs. Roszelle, as illustrated
in her readings at Dallas, Fort Worth and
other points. II will be noticed that she
In to appear at the temperance meeting to-
night.
We notice by the Floresville Chronicle
that our young friend Kirby Dial has taken
the stump after weakly fashion in favor of
anti-prohibition. What can have come over
Kirby to thus go back on his early San
Marcos training.
After our last issue had gone to press, we
noticed that In our notice of the Davis fam
lily on Oyster Creek, we had omitted the
name of Wesley, bachelor brother of
Thomas. We hardly suppose II was be-
cause he il SO small In statue, but probably
because he was as we understood at home
only temporarily, being engaged in farming
In another part of the country.
We met Mai. Bishop on Monday, and re-
ferring to the sad death of the venerable
VIM. O. Pitts, his father-in-law, he said that
II was TO him unaccountable, why Mr.. Pitts
should have gone up stairs on the evening
on which he met his death; that the report
that he had gone up to hear the young folks
sing was incorrect. that he was not in the
habit of going up stairs save when accomp-
anied by his daughter. Mrs. Bishop, who
with her husband was absent at the time of
the accident It was like bolt Of light
ming falling from O clear sky, and 1t will be
long indeed before his family and friends,
and this community in which he was so long
a familiar figure, can recover from the shock.
Among the new monuments at our ceme-
terry, we meant ere this to have noticed that
of Rev. N. G. Killough, recently erected by
Watson d Pierce. We regard il as model
in its way in various respects. In consists
of O plain but handsome marble headstone,
G inches thick by n inches wide and 5 feet
high, including base. This it will be seen
meets the conditions of great durability,
which is one Of the main points, answering
every reasonable purpose of more imposing
structures without that foolish and sinful
of expenditure and ostenta-
tious display which they imply. Again, the
inscription strikes us as eminently BETTING
an humble minded follower of Christ:
"a sinner saved by grace"
That is al, but to our mind IL contrasts
most favorably with the long, turgid, half
boastful epitaphs which sometimes meet
the gaze.
In spite Of an unfavorable season, Mr.. T.
J. Davis, by special effort, succeeded in.
raising considerable crop of nice melons,
which he is now marketing. Having been
favored to sample some of them we speak
as to their merits. Among his
crop of muskmelons were some double,
twin samples, which were rather
. curiosity.
Col c. M. Rogers, of Austin, but who !
mas large interests in this county, was here |
in attendance at the Fair meeting on Satur-
lay, and made us q pleasant call. We
found him to be gentleman in the prime
If life, the picture of health, and we should
Judge full of energy and vim. We confess
40 won our favorable regard by ignoring
he somewhat critical (but never ill-tem-
oered or malicious) notices we sometime
'ince felt called upon to make of him in
he FREE Press. in connection with the
mythical Smithville, Kyle and Blanco rail
Dad. (By the way. we afterwards learned
hat another party than Col. Rogers, whom
t is not necessary to name, was the chief
of that myth. for his own interest.
md actually worked it successfully to that
'nd). We know plenty of men who for no
yreater offence than we gave Col. Rogers
would have been found nursing their
wrath" for years, and probably would never
AVE forgiven ua. But we found the Colo
lei of quite different stamp, aud have no
oubt we shall be good friends after all.
We trust we shall find him one of the wealthy
nen who use their means largely Tor the
ublic good. With such we can have no
uarrel. We are glad to find him now
airly and literally disposed towards San
1arcos.
Finest five cent cigar in town, Just re-